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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b>TO: All Graduate Faculty and Doctoral Students<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b>FROM: Vicky Turner<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><b> Doctoral Degree Coordinator<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<h2><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">DATE: June 1, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>RE: Schedule of Proposal Defenses & Final Defenses for June 2018
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, June 4, 2018, 12:00 pm, Talbot Hall 146, <b><u>Amanda Cruz</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Silent No Longer: Rhetorical Dimensions of Mood Memoirs Written by Teenage Mothers of the 1960s, 1980s, and Today<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Shannon Carter<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, June 5, 2018, 10:00 am, EDS 135, <b><u>Denise Lohmiller</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Effects of Instructional Coaching on Coaches’ Competency and Elementary Teachers’ Writing Instruction<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. David Brown<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, June 5, 2018, 11:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Cristobal Saldana</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Hispanic Students’s Graduation Rate in College Ready English Language Arts and Mathematics in Texas’s Lower Rio Grande Valley<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Ray Thompson<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, June 5, 2018, 1:00 pm, BIN 214, <b><u>Theresa Sadler</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Influence of Social Identity Salience on General Self-Efficacy<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Stephen Reysen<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 10:30 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Robert Guillory</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Do 5-Week, Time-Compressed, Face-To-Face Summer courses Increase Course Retention Rates of Students at a 2-Year College ?<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Charlotte Larkin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 1:00 pm, EDN 107, <b><u>Shante Hackworth</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Exploring Perceptions of Texas State Legislators Toward Funding in Public Higher Education<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Dimitra Smith <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 2:00 pm, EDN 108, <b><u>Beverly Kopachena</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Biology Faculty Attitudes Regarding the Development and Teaching of Online Courses<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Charlotte Larkin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, June 7, 2018, 10:00 am, Talbot Hall 146, <b><u>Shigehito Menjo</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Development of L2 Prosody in Japanese Speakers of English: a Quasi-Longitudinal Study<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Lucy Pickering<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, June 7, 2018, 11:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Kenneth Vaughn</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Staff Perceptions of Safety and Security Preparation: Shining Star School District Study<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Ray Thompson<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, June 11, 2018, 10:00 am, Talbot Hall 140, <b><u>Hessah Aldayel</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Teacher Cognition: The Knowledge, Beliefs, and Attitudes of Teachers Toward Teaching English Prosody in Saudi Arabia<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Lucy Pickering<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Monday, June 11, 2018, 11:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Justin Ball</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Leadership, Perception, and Success: An Investigation of Leadership Styles at Selected Higher Education Institutions in Texas<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Jon Travis<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 10:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Jerry Caston</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>A Narrative Inquiry to Explore the Experiences of African American Males Who Graduated From an Alternative Learning Program<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Deborah Goodwin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 11:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>Markeba Warfield</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Action Research: An Autobiographical Analysis of a Novice Principal<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Deborah Goodwin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 1:00 pm, EDN 107, <b><u>LaJuanda Jones</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Grit/Stress: Predictors of African American Persistence?<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. MaryJo Dondlinger<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 1:00 pm, EDN 108, <b><u>Jennifer Valdez</u></b>, Proposal Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Informing Campus Principals: A Mixed Methods Study on the Instructional Coaching Activities That Impact Teaching Practices<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Paul Tapper<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 1:30 pm, BIN 214, <b><u>Sandy Stillo</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Exploring Supervisees’ Experiences of Discussing Personal Issues in Professional Counselor Supervision: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Linda Ball<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 1:00 pm, EDN 108, <b><u>Vicki Brantley</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Districts of Innovation: An Action Research Narrative Inquiry Exploring Leadership, Sustainability, and the Empowerment of Local Governance in a Rural Northeast Texas School District<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Nathan Templeton<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Friday, June 15, 2018, 11:00 am, EDN 108, <b><u>David Maass</u></b>, Final Defense<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Power of Four: Enhancing Tribal Colleges and Universities with the Addition of the Baccalaureate Degree<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Major Advisor: Dr. Jon Travis<o:p></o:p></p>
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